I,Nunzia DAmico, certify that I havepersonallycompleted this assignment based on my own personal efforts. I understand if I use outside sources, I must properly give my source(s) credit using the APA format and my paper should not include more than 20% of direct quotes from other sources. I understand if I do not provide proper credit to outside sources, I will be documented for plagiarism and be required to resubmit a new assignment. I will notdivulge the content of this assignment or any of my work, generally or specifically, to any current or future James Madison High School students.DATE: May-22-2018Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, by William Shakespeare, based on the theme of love. This love is presented in many different manifestations
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This essay with be about how the author William Shakespeare used literary elements like setting, theme and purpose in creating this play. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Italy in the 1300s, though it was written in the 1500s. Shakespeare's Verona is not a fleshed out place as a real-life, physical city, but rather as a convenient backdrop for a crazy story line. One of the major things to note is that there are really three types of settings in the play: Romeo's settings, Juliet's settings, and Friar Lawrence's church. While Romeo has scenes outside the home with his friends (like in thevery first scene), Juliet's scenes without Romeo are all confined to her home. This shows the difference in their two worlds from the start. When Romeo comes to her balcony, their two settings collide. Romeo is outside, Juliet inside,but they are beginning to intersect. The intersection of the two families is what the entire play hinges on, as it is thefamily rivalries which ultimately lead to Romeo's and Juliet's deaths. As far as Friar Lawrence's church, it is a place for them to come together in a neutral setting and speak …show more content…
Benvolio and Mercutio persuade Romeo to attend the ball which will take place at Capulet’s house. Despite the hopes to meet Rosaline there, he meets Juliet, and falls in love with her. In this way starts the beginning of Romeo and Juliet’s love journey, till it comes to the tragic end.Everyone has their own interpretation. Personally, I think Shakespeare is trying to show us the consequences of our actions. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague would have never imagined that their children would marry each other and as a result of their family feud, kill themselves. The consequence of the family feud is the death of their children. The consequence of Lord Capulet forcing Juliet to marry Paris was that she had to take the vial given by Friar Laurence and go through with the terrifying plan. The consequence of Romeo killing Tybalt was his banishment, which meant he wasn't in Verona when Juliet devised her plan. And although fate and time play apart in his death (the message of Juliet's plan not arriving on time) Romeo being in Verona, with Juliet, would have saved his life because he would have know about her plan. I think this point is really emphasized when the Friar says 'violent delights have violent
This essay with be about how the author William Shakespeare used literary elements like setting, theme and purpose in creating this play. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Italy in the 1300s, though it was written in the 1500s. Shakespeare's Verona is not a fleshed out place as a real-life, physical city, but rather as a convenient backdrop for a crazy story line. One of the major things to note is that there are really three types of settings in the play: Romeo's settings, Juliet's settings, and Friar Lawrence's church. While Romeo has scenes outside the home with his friends (like in thevery first scene), Juliet's scenes without Romeo are all confined to her home. This shows the difference in their two worlds from the start. When Romeo comes to her balcony, their two settings collide. Romeo is outside, Juliet inside,but they are beginning to intersect. The intersection of the two families is what the entire play hinges on, as it is thefamily rivalries which ultimately lead to Romeo's and Juliet's deaths. As far as Friar Lawrence's church, it is a place for them to come together in a neutral setting and speak …show more content…
Benvolio and Mercutio persuade Romeo to attend the ball which will take place at Capulet’s house. Despite the hopes to meet Rosaline there, he meets Juliet, and falls in love with her. In this way starts the beginning of Romeo and Juliet’s love journey, till it comes to the tragic end.Everyone has their own interpretation. Personally, I think Shakespeare is trying to show us the consequences of our actions. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague would have never imagined that their children would marry each other and as a result of their family feud, kill themselves. The consequence of the family feud is the death of their children. The consequence of Lord Capulet forcing Juliet to marry Paris was that she had to take the vial given by Friar Laurence and go through with the terrifying plan. The consequence of Romeo killing Tybalt was his banishment, which meant he wasn't in Verona when Juliet devised her plan. And although fate and time play apart in his death (the message of Juliet's plan not arriving on time) Romeo being in Verona, with Juliet, would have saved his life because he would have know about her plan. I think this point is really emphasized when the Friar says 'violent delights have violent